FITCHBURG — Hundreds took advantage of a warm summer afternoon on Wednesday for the city’s 13th annual DPW Day, the celebration of public works rigs that consistently draws a crowd. Many of the vehicles on display were “big rigs,” like dump trucks and plow trucks, and kids played in the immense sandpile created for the […]
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Eye On Art: Art for all as summer season starts next week
Summer starts officially next week, and for artists around the region that means it’s time for the Fitchburg Art Museum’s annual Regional Exhibition of Art and Craft. This year, the 88th version of this artistic extravaganza is on June 21-Sept. 8.
‘Growing acceptance within our community’
LEOMINSTER — The third annual Best Buddies Friendship Walk at Doyle Conservation was a great success, raising $3,540 for the nonprofit organization it benefits. The walk is always the final Leominster Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) event of the school year. The June 8 family friendly affair included a laid-back walk around the scenic […]
Ashby American Legion Post 361 to conduct Flag Burning Ceremony
ASHBY — American Legion Post 361 will be conducting a Flag Burning Ceremony at 6:30 p.m. this Friday, June 14, at the post’s headquarters on New Ipswich Road. In attendance will be the post Commander Chris Travers, Senior Vice Bill Clement, Sons of the Legion Commander Mike Bigwood, as well as other members of the […]
Report: Massachusetts is leaving behind 225K students in ‘substandard segregated schools’
Decades after desegregation orders took root across the country, Massachusetts leaders have failed to correct a system keeping 225,000 students currently in “substandard segregated schools,” according a new report from a state oversight council.
MBTA directors approve $3 billion budget, ponder projected $700 million shortfall
The T’s Board of Directors, on Tuesday, gave their grudging approval to a fiscal 2025 spending plan that ballooned by 11% — nearly $300 million — over the previous year. The budget, according to its authors, will allow the beleaguered transportation system to spend another year focused on hiring and fixing the many problems it’s finding along the tracks and at stations.
